When my life is done Let me be remembered As a soldier in this fight True to his country Steadfast at his word Who held his family dear And tried his best To keep them safe But above all As the one who knew The heart The soul The torrent of her As the man Who loved Claire Fraser

These narrow rows Are streets of olde With whispers From an ancient age Beyond our ability to listen Shadows of past lives Dance in the periphery But we cannot see them And we pass them by Ghosts we will never know A time long forgotten But this street These walls Will remember

I am not mighty Humbly built by weathered hands I will live my years On this peaceful pond But I am brave I bear my load with mettle And always see my sailors Safe home to shore It is a happy life And though I may never sail the sea In my dreams I reach the stars

I stand Lonely before the great waters Solitary before the ancient mountains But I am not alone The glory of the day rests within me The stillness of the earth fills my soul The blessed air breathes life into my heart And I am new I am reborn I am life

The Earth From the far reaches of space To the tiniest flower It is ever beautiful No matter how old How forsaken Or forgotten No matter the storm Or the silence It is a swirl of stardust A symphony of cells A glimpse of heaven It is Earth ever faithful Our dear friend Our home

I am weary From the day Sorrow sits within my soul Birds do not sing The air is still The silence heavy Time is restless and undone And I am lost But looking up I take a breath And I see Heaven A wonder of light A promise of hope An answer to a forgotten prayer And I am found

We are surrounded By Nature Engrossed in it Overwhelmed by it Standing knee deep in its waters Its scents Its beauty We cannot think for one moment We are superior We are only here for a moment Paled beside its grandeur Humbled by its majesty We are the caretakers Of its future

We are sentries On this quiet road That wanders to a distant place Where the sun waits And the night is patient And dreams lie heavy in the air Vigilant we stand But we can only watch As time runs swift and down And limbs grow old And hearts break To find the road was never ours

One day We will be gone Our time will find its end And we will whisper a farewell To all we knew And those we loved And if there is a heaven We will not forget the lives we lived The music played, the poets read The cherished, the perfect The golden moments That were ours alone

I will don my finest for this day Lay my deepest heart For you to see Let the icy water have its way Running sure To find the open sea I will never tend to linger long Nor finish painting Every tree in sight But sadly fleeting as a song Dressed to touch your soul In winter white

The day is done The sun bids farewell To its beloved children And silence falls Upon the earth With a rush of night And days pass And nights rest And I remember them all And centuries on I still stand at post Bone weary Crumbling with age But as evidence, as testament I lived

I stand with Ukraine.

My name is not war Tho I will fight To save my home My name is not hate For compassion Is my solemn strength My name is not intolerance For our differences Are our saving grace My name is Hope My name is Peace And tho I struggle Tho I falter I will rise in every heart Victorious

Just one Step Just one More And there In that moment Lies the beginning Of it all The quiet hope And breathless joy Of the journey

In sorrowful darkness Leeward of the wailing wind Adrift in an angry sea You are not alone Hear my plaintive voice Reach for your desperate hand Watch for my stalwart heart It shines for you When all seems lost And hope is but a dying breath I will find you And bring you home

The day Is nearly done The sun bids farewell To its beloved children And silence falls upon the air With the rush of night And the days pass And I remember them all And centuries on I still stand at post Bone weary Crumbling with age But as evidence, as testament I lived

Side by side We stand before her Our ancient mountain Our mighty mother Protector of our dreams She is our religion A morning hope An evening prayer To rise, to be brave To endure And as the ages pass She remains Ever silent, ever stalwart Closer to heaven Than we will ever be

You dwell Between silence and a sigh Triumph and a tear One singular moment And the next You balance On a breath of air Precious and precarious Wending your way Through heaven and earth Hold on, hold on Stillness shines Morning yawns And the grace of the sun Will give you peace